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Unions vs. Unity

Updated Aug. 28, 2000 1:52 a.m. ET

It's amazing how innovative educrats can be when they want to. In looking at the Unity Charter School in Morristown, New Jersey, for example, most people would likely be struck by a variety of things: the handsome brick building, the gazebo and permaculture garden off to the side, the enthusiasm of the parents and teachers, maybe even the student-built Native American teepee beside the playgound. But when local school officials took a look, what they focused on was a locked liquor cabinet in a locked basement room used once a week by the Italian-American social club that owns the building. Bad for kids, they...